Quotes about Librarians

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious. Votes: 4

Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly. Votes: 4

Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year. Votes: 4

Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that? Votes: 4

God bless the Reference Librarians Votes: 3

What can I say? Librarians rule. Votes: 3

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge. Votes: 3

Librarians are notorious snitches—don't let anybody convince you otherwise. Votes: 3

Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy. Votes: 3

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything. Votes: 3

Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise. Votes: 3

Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children. Votes: 3

All Librarians are Secret Masters of Severe Magic. Goes with the territory. Votes: 3

Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians. Votes: 3

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell. Votes: 3

[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons. Votes: 3

Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off. Votes: 3

Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. Votes: 3

Librarians! Librarians always know how to find out things. That was their job even before the Internet. Votes: 3

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need. Votes: 3

Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need Votes: 3

Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They have skills! Votes: 3

The purpose of the Sisterhood of Librarians is to keep the secret of creative juice and keep the idea of libraries alive. Votes: 3

Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.) Votes: 3

So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians. Votes: 3

So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians." Votes: 3

Librarians are on the front lines of an invisible struggle over our information diet and, for better or worse, the scales are not tipping in their direction. Votes: 3

[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. Votes: 3

Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them! Votes: 3

Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends of a tribe: dream keepers. Votes: 3

Librarians hoard the wisdom of humanity. They are the keepers of all knowledge, the guardians at the temples of understanding and devoted protectors of the sanctuary in the midst of uneducated anarchy. Votes: 3

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than the date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality. Votes: 3

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality. Votes: 3

Librarians are more important than ever before ... are uniquely qualified to help all of us separate the digital wheat from the chaff, to help us understand the reliability of the data we encounter. Votes: 3

Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD. Votes: 3

Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to encounter or work with librarians, I'm always impressed by their sheer awesomeness. Votes: 3

Librarians...possess a vast stone of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth. These people tolerate every kind of crank and eccentric and mouth-breather there is. Votes: 3

The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. Librarians are key, I think. They hold the power to empower. Votes: 3

Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth. These people tolerate every kind of crank and eccentric and mouth breather there is. Votes: 3

Librarians who are arguing and lobbying for clever e-book lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending the library-as-warehouse concept, as opposed to fighting for the future, which is librarian as producer, concierge, connector, teacher, and impresario. Votes: 3

A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. They welcome to the kingdom the young and old of reapers and reign among the riches as the wondrous fortune keepers. Votes: 3

I take every opportunity I can to speak to librarians. Votes: 2

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. Votes: 2

We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace. Votes: 2

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. Votes: 2

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books. Votes: 2

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. Votes: 2

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education. Votes: 2

School librarians play such an enormous role in bringing children to books they are going to enjoy. It's a magic alchemy when that works. Votes: 2

In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that maintained and nurtured a cultural heritage. Votes: 2

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. Votes: 2

With 'A Northern Light,' I've already heard from teenage readers, teachers, librarians - it's been so gratifying. It's amazing that you can take something that matters so deeply to you and make it matter to someone else. Votes: 2

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. I want to do for others what Eudora Welty did for me. Votes: 2

The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make a record for posterity; procuring documents and interviews from those sources will be difficult if the fruits are only one subpoena away from disclosure. Votes: 2

You don't have to become an investment banker as a way of demonstrating that education has worked for you. But librarians have to believe in the values of high culture. Not just high culture but middle culture, low culture, kinds of exciting eye-catching crap of all kinds. Everyone needs that. Votes: 2

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy. Votes: 2

Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future. Votes: 2

My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. Votes: 2

Pimps make the best librarians. Votes: 1

Everybody should have a librarian. Votes: 1

Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians. Votes: 1

One can never had too many librarian friends. Votes: 1

One can never have too many librarian friends. Votes: 1

Never argue with a librarian; they know too much. Votes: 1

That's how librarians are. They just can't help it. Votes: 1

Of course. Ask your librarian. Always the right answer. Votes: 1

Every reader his or her book.Every book its reader. Votes: 1

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian. Votes: 1

Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink. Votes: 1

The loudest elderly women always had the quietest elderly husbands. Votes: 1

Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased. Votes: 1

I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. "Extreme librarian. Bookaneer. Votes: 1

Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. Votes: 1

Books are only half our job ; the other half is human nature. Votes: 1

I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything. Votes: 1

So you're a librarian."His eyes shifted back and forth."I prefer loremaster. Votes: 1

We have the librarians on our side. We have *justice* on our side. Votes: 1

Rare-book people have this in common with poets: they too are born, not made. Votes: 1

She's so beautiful. She lectures a lot, like her father, but she's really beautiful. Votes: 1

Impersonating a quiet, gentle librarian like Barbara Gordon--You deserve to be taken out of circulation! Votes: 1

Pulverized by literature,' thought Miss Laburnum. 'The ideal way for a librarian to die. Votes: 1

Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls. Votes: 1

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one. Votes: 1

Creating a world within the imagination one day at a time through words and colors. Votes: 1

Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value. Votes: 1

Do I have to talk to insane people?""You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory. Votes: 1

But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas. Votes: 1

On a good day, my style is librarian chic. On a bad day, it's frumpy mother. Votes: 1

Lady Queen," he said, "You've given me all I want. You're the queen a librarian dreams of. Votes: 1

I'll just hang upside down from the wire banana and throw bags of flour at the librarians. Votes: 1

Libraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it. Votes: 1

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim. Votes: 1

Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul. Votes: 1

Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about. Votes: 1

Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge. Votes: 1

Why do prostitutes when they get straight always try and get so prim? It's like long-repressed librarian-ambitions come flooding out. Votes: 1

Like a good American, I wanted to sue somebody. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. Votes: 1

Not me, of course, as I am now officially a spinster librarian and must stay home with my cat and drink tea. Votes: 1

I step straight toward the female librarian. She looks soft, as if she's been raised in a box and purely milk-fed, like veal. Votes: 1

In common with librarians the world over, the two women were used to dealing with a disproportionate quota of odd people acting strangely. Votes: 1

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us withfloaties and teach us how to swim." -- Linton Weeks, Washington Post, Jan.13, 2001. Votes: 1

I wished I could take her to the library and hand her over to the librarians. Please teach her about everything, I'd say. Votes: 1

The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors. Votes: 1

They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves. Votes: 1

Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and pimping their books. Votes: 1

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust. Votes: 1

Isn't it what all librarians strive toward, at least in the movies and cliches? Silence, invisibility, nothing but a rambling cloud of old book dust. Votes: 1

As a librarian for 18 years at the Merck branch of the Trenton Public Library, I was sorely tested by the slow-witted and obtuse among the citizenry Votes: 1

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery. Votes: 1

Members of the Order take vows of literacy, obstinancy and bibliomancy. Bibliomancy? It's defined for us a little further down: "Divination by jolly well Looking It Up. Votes: 1

As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp dates in books. Votes: 1

When I run the world,librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book. Votes: 1

When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their small sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book. Votes: 1

A Book Keeper! Gods of the word, they are. Finest of the brave. You know, it's them that keep books, (he says) that know things in the end. Votes: 1

A Book Keeper! Gods of the word, they are. Finest of the brave. You know, it's them that keep books, (he says) that know things in the end. Votes: 1

You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door. Votes: 1

To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change agent within your community. Votes: 1

That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner. Votes: 1

In fact a few simple mathematical calculations reveal that if reference librarians were paid at market rates for all the roles they play, they would have salaries well over $200,000. Votes: 1

Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good memories, organization and analytical aptitude, and discretion. Votes: 1

At least once a week, Dinsy was amused by the indignant sputtering of someone who had just spooned dill weed, not sugar, into a cup of Earl Grey tea. Votes: 1

The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word. Votes: 1

I found the idea of being a librarian very appealing--working in a place where people had to whisper and only speak when necessary. If only the world were like that! Votes: 1

I could no longer pull wands, potions, and light sabers out of books, but when it came to research, give me a well-stocked library and I was a goddamned Merlin. Votes: 1

Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be the best-informed people around. About anything. Votes: 1

Having read literally thousands of them, I was sure I knew every which way of killing someone. I never thought a time would come when I would make use of it. Votes: 1

A good deal of time spent researching this book might well have been wasted and valuable opportunities missed if it had not been for the help and suggestions of archivists and librarians. Votes: 1

Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Further proof that librarians should run the world-or a least be in charge of detention at Bathory High. Votes: 1

For one crazy moment he had the notion of a vanished tribe of librarians, lost in the deep underground caverns of the Bodleian, a wild and savage tribe that fed on unwary travellers. Votes: 1

The Burgess sisters arrived together. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. Sometimes dancers, sometimes actresses. Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated. Votes: 1

It's still National Library Week. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. Sometime this week, anyway. Probably the librarians would like tea. Or chocolates. Or a reliable source of funding. Votes: 1

Yes, librarians use punctuation marks to make little emoticons, smiley and frowny faces in their correspondence, but if there were one for an ironic wink, or a sarcastic lip curl, they'd wear it out. Votes: 1

And Sarah still looked like the sexiest librarian on earth, which is as those of you who frequent libraries know means very sexy indeed, but with that added owlish touch that drives you wild. Votes: 1

Twas a cold Yuletide evening, and I wandered the stacks, shelving multiple titles that the patrons brought back. We toiled overtime at our library here, 'cause the powers that be cut our staffing this year. Votes: 1

Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. And what is that? I... am a librarian. Votes: 1

Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians. Votes: 1

To Homer, libraries were holy places like churches, and the priestly librarians a blessed race, a saving remnant in a world of sin. Whenever God grew impatient and decided to destroy the world he remembered the librarians and stayed his hand. Votes: 1

You don't sound like a librarian," she said."I'm on vacation," Jacqueline laughed. "Well, I supposed there is an image, isn't there? But stereotypes are awfully misleading. there are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. Any more than any other profession. Votes: 1

My work is whatever I want it to be, and I report to no one regularly. The head librarian -- the man in charge of the University's entire collection -- is a figurehead, well-to-do and poorly read, with whom I have only perfunctory contact. Votes: 1

A bonfire billowed up. Some in the crowd tossed copies of Ladybird's book into the fire while a librarian pleaded with them not to do that and grabbed a fire extinguisher.**Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize. Votes: 1

Then too there was the irrepressible librarian in her who could not stand by and watch a human being in distress without leaping to her aid, whether that person could not find the coin slot on the copier or was on the brink of domestic destruction. Votes: 1

Monotonous and thankless as her job can be sometimes, she cheers at the thought of her coworkers - a dozen of them crammed into their little offices in the basement - all cleverly disguised as harmless geeks, all capable of saving the world if called upon. Votes: 1

The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the table of contents. Anyone who lets himself go and starts reading a book is lost as a librarian...He's bound to lose perspective. Votes: 1

There is a somewhat time-worn joke about people taking up library work because they like to read : the joke consisting of the fact that librarians have so little time to read. But, I tell you, those who do not, and there are some, are in the wrong profession. Votes: 1

I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. They would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace. Votes: 1

No one ever spoke above a whisper in the staff lounge, but I felt the need to shush her anyway. I gave her my best librarian frown and put one finger to my lips. It works every time. We librarians are like practitioners of Jedi mind-control when it comes to shushing. Votes: 1

I also work here because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited to anything else. As a breed, we're the ultimate generalists. I'll never know everything about anything, but I'll know something about almost everything and that's how I like to live. Votes: 1

Librarians' values are as sound as Girl Scouts': truth, free speech, and universal literacy. And, like Scouts, they possess a quality that I think makes librarians invaluable and indispensable: they want to help. They want to help us. They want to be of service. And they're not trying to sell us anything. Votes: 1

Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library table. Still, modern librarians are more afraid of ingnorance than they are of the potential devastation that knowledge can bring. (p. 192) Votes: 1

Do you ever hide books you've read over and over again because you're so sick of them?''Oh, definitely. When they ask for them, I say the book fairy came to get it. One time they saw one of the books at the library, so now they think the librarians are book fairies. Votes: 1

A book has been taken. A book has been taken? You summoned the Watch," Carrot drew himself up proudly, "because someone's taken a book? You think that's worse than murder?"The Librarian gave him the kind of look other people would reserve for people who said things like "What's so bad about genocide? Votes: 1

No duelling. No summoning of imps or other manifestations of elements potentially damaging to the records, including but not limited to: elementals, imps, sprites, ifrits, goblins, vile maidens, elohim, and major, minor and inferior spawn. No praying. No cursing, except by staff. The library is closed on public holidays. Donations welcome."-Demonia Library Votes: 1

To all librarians everywhere, God bless you. Votes: 0

Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill. Votes: 0

The librarians know the secrets, not the historians Votes: 0

But put two librarians' heads together, and mountains move. Votes: 0

If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires. Votes: 0

If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich. Votes: 0

It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians. Votes: 0

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. Votes: 0

I love librarians. They always make me feel like the world’s gonna be AOK. Votes: 0

Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated. Votes: 0

Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents. Votes: 0

I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination. Votes: 0

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. Votes: 0

It is true for me, as for so many countless others, that librarians saved my life, my internal life. Votes: 0

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets Votes: 0

The sisterhood of librarians is a non-profit organisation and our goal is to keep imagination alive, not make money. Votes: 0

Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition... Votes: 0

Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers. Votes: 0

I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs. Votes: 0

In the '40s and '50s, a lot of teachers and librarians saw the graphic novel as the enemy of reading. Votes: 0

Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up. Votes: 0

There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians. Votes: 0

My family has schoolteachers and librarians, and I think people who teach are probably some of our greatest American heroes. Certainly, underpaid and unsung. Votes: 0

It's an essential fight librarians are making, an age-old fight; yours is a battle for civilization. It's a fight for our country's founding values. Votes: 0

Poor little librarians of the world, those girls, secretly lovely, their looks marred forever by the cruelty of a pair of big dark eyeglasses! Votes: 0

Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word. Votes: 0

I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with. Votes: 0

I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a library and not be afraid for my life. Votes: 0

Library Science is the key to all science, just as mathematics is its language - and civilization will rise or fall, depending on how well librarians do their jobs. Votes: 0

They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don't know how to find it, if you don't even know where to begin to look. - on librarians Votes: 0

Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians". Votes: 0

You see, I don't belive that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, that has been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. Votes: 0

Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just goes to show that librarians were destined to rule the Web. Votes: 0

Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe records of men's watch upon the world and on themselves. Votes: 0

Libraries promote the sharing of knowledge, connecting people of all ages with valuable information resources. These dynamic and modern institutions, and the librarians who staff them, add immeasurably to our quality of life. Votes: 0

I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they've made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English. Votes: 0